The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-04

pbpONAs
ORDERED TG MOVE ON.
Passage on either side of the street was
out of the question till three officers ordered
the woman to "move on.n She did move ON
III the direction of the government building,
carrying her pamphlets and followed by an
immense throng 1t was estimated that
5000 people were assembled around the
place. In vain car drivers rang their bells,
and the expostulations of hundred team
sters were equally vain. Finally a couple
of officers came up and took Mrs. Parsons
before Chief Ebersold, That official thought
the matter over and decided that Mrs. Par
sons had the same right to sell her books
as other vendors of literature, and said she
might continue in the book business as long
as She pleased, provided she did not blockade
the sidewalks and streets. Accordingly on
returning to the office and getting a fresh
supply of books, she, instead of standing in
front of the building, walked briskly down
the street to the post office, handing out
books faster than she could make change. On
gaining the stairs of the government building
she once more was surrounded by large
crowd and was told by a deputy marshal to
move on. She obeyed and continued to
walk through the streets until she was com
pletely exhausted, staggered up the stairs
and sank nearly fainting into chair III De-
vines office. In the few hours she was out.
she sold nearly 5000 copies of the book at
&c. each.
A PETITION TO THE GOVERNOR.
The objects of thew isits of MessrS.
Salter and Lloyd to see the Anarch-
lists yesterday was developed to-day by the
circulation of three different petitions
among prominent citizens asking the Gov
ernor to save the Anarchists. The
first of these petitions includes the
names of all seven men and was signed
during the day by Judge Tully,
Judges Booth and Manierre, Julius Rosen-
thai and many Others 1t was addressed to
His, Excellency R. j. Oglesby, Governor of
Illinois, and read as follows: eve. the
undersigned residents of Chicago and
vicinity, holding in adherence the doc
trines and methods of anarchy, yet be-
lieving that the ends of justice and the
safety of the State would be better served
by Communication of the sentence against
Spies, Schwab, Fielden, Parsons, Engle,
Fischer and Lingg than by carrying it into
effect, most earnestly and respectfully ask
you to exercise your high prerogatlve of
clemency at this time"
The second petition does not contain the
names of Engel, Fischer and Lingg. 1t is
understood that the first signature
obtained to this petition was that
of A. S. B. Bradley. The last petition
has only the names of Fielden and Schwab,
saved even though the others are not. 1t is
the intention of the circulators of these
various petitions, and also those coming
from the Amnesty Association, to go to
Springfield early next week.
is 1T AN INTERNAL MACHINE?
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3-An attempt was
mada tonight either to kill or
MAIN Chief Justice Waite, of the
United States Supreme Court, or
perpetrate silly hoax. About
t:30 o'clock a small box was sent to his
house through the special delivery postal
service. 1t was a pasteboard box about 10
inches by g. looking something like valen
tine box and was addressed in small,
cramped and apparently disguised back
hand writing
ITO the Hon Chief Justice Waite, 1415
l street. N. W, Washington, D. c."
Near the bottom were the words, ''im-
portant papers," underscored. The thing
enclosed was glass tube about 10 inches
long and of the diameter of a lead pencil.
The tube was bent at an angle of co degrees
and was fastened to the box by means of
small pieces of heavy paper pasted over it.
TWO PERCUSSION CAPS.
The tube for most of its length contained
jet black liquid, but about one and a half
inches from the end was a percussion cap
separating the fluid from little more than
an inch of coarse powder, apparently what
is known as Atlas powder. At the other
end Of the powder was another percussion
cap, and to this was attached wire, which
was apparently INTENDED to explode the
tube. This wire was joined to small rub
be- band fastened to one side of
the box, and another wire ran
from the rubber to a hook and
eye which was held in place by piece Of
paper pasted over it. If the machine is
really what it seems to be the raising of the
lid would have exploded it. Before it
reached the Justices house, however, the
box was stamped on one side by post Office
employe, and the force with which the
blow was struck in stamping caused the
wire to slip through the hook and eye,
thus severing the necessary connection.
There are some circumstances which lead
TO a suspicion that the whole thing is a
hoax.
WHERE THE TIP CAME FROM.
The person through whom the matter
was brought to the attention of the police
is a Young man who sells items to newspa-
per corr------aL-ss.s ----L ss.s.s and wEu Is not by many
regarded as trustworthy. His nalne is
withheld at the request of the police, to
whom he told substantially the following
story: About 6 o'clock he went to the
post Office to mail a letter, and going to one
of the desks TO address it, he noticed man
putting the address OF CnleI JuSJlce w alUe
on a box. He says he thought nothing of it
at the time, and therefore did not observe
the man closely enough to be able TO identify
him. When on the street, however, the
thought came to him that there was some
thing suspicious about it inasmuch as
the Chief Justice had on Wednesday
delivered an opinion denying writ of error
to the condemned Chicago Anarchists. He
thereupon went to the home of the Chief
Justice and inquired of him if he had re-
ceived the box. The Chief Justice said he
had not, and the young man went to the
post office and ascertained that the box had
been delivered at $50 o'clock.
TOLD TWO CORRESPONDENTS.
He next informed the correspondents of
the Chicago Tribune and Cincinnati Com
,nercidL- Gazette of the matter, and offered
to sell them the story about it. The cor
respondents decided to make a fur
ther investigation, and went to
the police station and told the
story to Detective Sergeant Hollenberger,
who Immediately called on the Chief JUS
tjce. who then acknowledged receiving the
box and gave it to the Sergeant. The Chief
Justice said he had received the box while
at dinner and had opened it, but without
being harmed, the wire which was to have
exploded it having been detached, as already
stated. Justice Waite did not attach any
importance to the box, and said he thought
it sensational hoax. The Sergeant
took the box to police headquarters,
where it is now held as evidence. Sergt.